xx is a binary stream read / write utility for shell scripting and other joys of life.
$ xx --char "xx is nice" >example
$ cat example
xx is nice
$ xx --int32 12345 --uint8 1 2 3 4 5 >example
$ xxd example
00000000: 3930 0000 0102 0304 05 90.......
$ xx -r --int32 --uint8 5 <example
12345
1 2 3 4 5
$ xx --uint16 65535 |xx -r --int16
-1
Etc.
Note: xxd(1) is not part of this project.
xx is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
xx is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
A copy of AGPLv3 can be found in COPYING.